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Dam Busters
James Holland
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Description for Dam Busters
Paperback. The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich's war machine. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 420.
The night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland, which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich's war machine.
From the outset it was an almost impossible task, a suicide mission: to fly low and at night in formationover many miles of enemy-occupied territory at the very limit of the Lancasters' capacity, and drop a new weapon that had never been tried operationally before from a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Corgi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552163415
SKU
9780552163415
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Ref
99-1
About James Holland
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently Brothers In Arms and Normandy '44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts. He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now ... Read more
Reviews for Dam Busters
In his previous books... Holland combined a lively style with fresh insights based on deep historical research. Those qualities shine through this new account
Literary Review
Though it is such a well-known story, it has never been told in such depth before. James Holland has mastered every detail
Daily Mail
Holland tells the story with gusto ... Read more
Literary Review
Though it is such a well-known story, it has never been told in such depth before. James Holland has mastered every detail
Daily Mail
Holland tells the story with gusto ... Read more